S56.3
Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where S56.3 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- S56 Parent Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
- S56.3 This code Injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S56
Inherited from S56 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
7th Character
A - initial encounter
Inherited from S56 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
Inherited from S56 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
More Specific Codes
4 codes under S56.3
- S56.30 Unspecified injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.31 Strain of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.32 Laceration of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
- S56.39 Other injury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level Has subcodes
Version History
How S56.3 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of extensor or abductor muscles, fascia and tendons of thumb at forearm level
Related Codes
Other codes under S56
- S56.0 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at forearm level
- S56.1 Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level
- S56.2 Injury of other flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
- S56.4 Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at forearm level
- S56.5 Injury of other extensor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
- S56.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level
- S56.9 Injury of unspecified muscles, fascia and tendons at forearm level
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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